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Yale #2 prompt: Please reflect on something you would like us to know about you that we might not learn from the rest of your application (500 words)
For the first five years of my life, school picture day was always a big production. Every year, before I left for school on that fateful day, my mother would put me in my prettiest dress and adorn my hair with bows and barrettes. She would push me out of the car, always leaving me with the words "Look at the camera!" When it came time to wait in line, my teacher would stand near me, dropping hints that my mother had so obviously planted such as "You should see the photographer's face when she takes your picture, it super funny!" However, when I sat down on that stool, all requests to look at the camera went out of my mind. Looking back at my school pictures, I have no idea why I refused to look at the camera. Sure, I looked ridiculously adorable with a shy little smirk on my face and my eyes glued to the ceiling, the wall, the floor, anywhere but directly at the camera, but I still question why for five years I never had one normal school picture. Now, I grew up as a very shy child. I had decided early in my childhood that adults expected to be impressed by what I had to say. Talking to my parents' friends was a daunting task to me, the terribly meek and timid five year old. I suppose that it was this personality trait that repeated failed me when it came to school pictures. *However, having matured a great deal since my averted eye phase, I have come to realize the great importance of eye contact.* (This is just a sentence I came up with, not sure where to place it and/or if I want to keep it)
Growing up with this camera eye contact problem, when the topic of oculesics, the study of eye-related nonverbal communication, came up in my AP Psychology course I was particularly intrigued. How is it that humans are able to communicate without speaking a word?
This is all that I have come up with so far for my Yale 500 word supplement. I know that I can write more about eye contact, I was just wondering if I should bother. Is this a good/interesting topic?
Yale #2 prompt: Please reflect on something you would like us to know about you that we might not learn from the rest of your application (500 words)
For the first five years of my life, school picture day was always a big production. Every year, before I left for school on that fateful day, my mother would put me in my prettiest dress and adorn my hair with bows and barrettes. She would push me out of the car, always leaving me with the words "Look at the camera!" When it came time to wait in line, my teacher would stand near me, dropping hints that my mother had so obviously planted such as "You should see the photographer's face when she takes your picture, it super funny!" However, when I sat down on that stool, all requests to look at the camera went out of my mind. Looking back at my school pictures, I have no idea why I refused to look at the camera. Sure, I looked ridiculously adorable with a shy little smirk on my face and my eyes glued to the ceiling, the wall, the floor, anywhere but directly at the camera, but I still question why for five years I never had one normal school picture. Now, I grew up as a very shy child. I had decided early in my childhood that adults expected to be impressed by what I had to say. Talking to my parents' friends was a daunting task to me, the terribly meek and timid five year old. I suppose that it was this personality trait that repeated failed me when it came to school pictures. *However, having matured a great deal since my averted eye phase, I have come to realize the great importance of eye contact.* (This is just a sentence I came up with, not sure where to place it and/or if I want to keep it)
Growing up with this camera eye contact problem, when the topic of oculesics, the study of eye-related nonverbal communication, came up in my AP Psychology course I was particularly intrigued. How is it that humans are able to communicate without speaking a word?
This is all that I have come up with so far for my Yale 500 word supplement. I know that I can write more about eye contact, I was just wondering if I should bother. Is this a good/interesting topic?
Here's just 3 examples, haha!